This statistic displays the major arguments to transition to clean, renewable energy according to U.S. citizens in 2018. Reducing water and air pollution are considered the main reasons to transition to clean energy by around 75 percent of the respondents.
Major reasons to transition to clean energy among U.S. adults in December 2018*
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Center For Climate Change Communication, & Yale Program on Climate Change Communication. (December 1, 2018). Major reasons to transition to clean energy among U.S. adults in December 2018* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 29, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/984820/main-arguments-transition-clean-renewable-energy-us/
Center For Climate Change Communication, und Yale Program on Climate Change Communication. "Major reasons to transition to clean energy among U.S. adults in December 2018*." Chart. December 1, 2018. Statista. Accessed March 29, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/984820/main-arguments-transition-clean-renewable-energy-us/
Center For Climate Change Communication, Yale Program on Climate Change Communication. (2018). Major reasons to transition to clean energy among U.S. adults in December 2018*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 29, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/984820/main-arguments-transition-clean-renewable-energy-us/
Center For Climate Change Communication, and Yale Program on Climate Change Communication. "Major Reasons to Transition to Clean Energy among U.S. Adults in December 2018*." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Dec 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/984820/main-arguments-transition-clean-renewable-energy-us/
Center For Climate Change Communication & Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, Major reasons to transition to clean energy among U.S. adults in December 2018* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/984820/main-arguments-transition-clean-renewable-energy-us/ (last visited March 29, 2024)
Major reasons to transition to clean energy among U.S. adults in December 2018* [Graph], Center For Climate Change Communication, & Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, December 1, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/984820/main-arguments-transition-clean-renewable-energy-us/